New Ubuntu Software Center Icon Arrives in Raring

The ‘angled non-branded bag of exploding apps’ design has been swapped for a sleeker front-on view carrying an ‘A’ emblem.

Fact fans will know that this is only the third redesign of the Software Center logo. The out-going design faced a barrage of criticism on its arrival – it’ll be interesting to see if such strong feelings greet this latest version.

Quite how far work has progressed on this – and the long rumoured GTK theme update – is unknown.

Indeed, with Ubuntu Touch now firmly in focus, its convergent, multi-device spanning future invariably means that the future of Ubuntu’s desktop icons are going to be very closely tied to those on the phone and tablet…